The Ukrainians clearly have right on their side in this case, but it has to be said that the World War II history of Ukraine is rather different from that. I'm not sure that ahistorical connecti… (View Post)

Slightly OT, but fascinating, nonetheless. Following the mention of Nostradamus's prediction of the "fish boiling in the black sea" for this year mentioned in the previous thread, I ra… (View Post)

Actually I partly agree with this. I think the reason is his youth in the 1960's - he seemed to have a formative, slightly more radical period, and then a more traditionalist period. As a result… (View Post)

Tragically, on this occasion Farage is nearly correct ; although not necessarily, if Ukraine never joins, I think. Unfortunately he also sees Putin as an "anti-woke" standard-bearer, for tr… (View Post)

It was the 2015 migration crisis that was the key, I would say. Before that the EU was still* near the bottom of most voters' priorities, even after all this Eastern European migration and 20 ye… (View Post)